Photos of the Day 10/08

Pennsylvania senior Deputy Attorney General Joseph E. McGettigan III speaks with members of the media after a pre-sentencing conference at the Centre County Courthouse, in Bellefonte, Pa. Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for sexually abusing 10 boys in a scandal that rocked the university and brought down coach Joe Paterno. Matt Rourke/AP

A pensioner pushes a riot policeman during scuffles between protesting pensioners and police near the EU offices. About 500 pensioners participated in an anti-austerity march at the EU offices in central Athens a day before German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Greece. Yannis Behrakis/Reuters

A laborer spreads rice paddy for drying at a wholesale grain market in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh Monday. Ajay Verma/Reuters

Rescuers attempt to stop a man from committing suicide on a bridge in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The man was rescued after he climbed onto the top of a bridge, attempting to jump off, over the Yangtze River and threatened his own life if his economic dispute could not be resolved. Reuters

People march on a street as they mark World Habitat Day near the National Assembly in central Phnom Penh Cambodia. Samrang Pring/Reuters

Supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez cheer as he appears on a balcony of the Miraflores Palace in Caracas. Venezuela's socialist President Chavez won re-election in Sunday's vote with 54 percent of the ballot to beat opposition challenger Henrique Capriles. Edwin Montilva/Reuters

US soldiers prepare the US flag beside a Harrier jet before the opening ceremony of the RP-US amphibious landing exercise (PHIBLEX) 2013 held at the flight deck of the USS Bonhomme Richard assault ship docked in Subic bay, Olongapo city, north of Manila. Romeo Ranoco/Reuters

A dog is dressed up to look like a spider during a pet fashion event in Lima, Peru. Mariana Bazo/Reuters

Air Force One casts a shadow over The Forum in Inglewood as it prepares to land in Los Angeles carrying US President Barack Obama as he begins a three day campaign swing to California and Ohio. Larry Downing/Reuters

Paramilitary police officers stand guard at the closed Tiananmen Square, decorated for the upcoming 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, on a hazy night in Beijing. Jason Lee/Reuters

A woman carrying a milk jar walks along a street in the ancient Nepalese city of Bhaktapur. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Father Gil Florini (r.) blesses a dog inside Saint Pierre D'Arene church during a mass to honor Saint Francis of Assisi in Nice, southeastern France, Sunday. Saint Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of animals and the environment. Eric Gaillard/Reuters

An opposition activist holds clothes depicting prisoner wear with Russia's President Vladimir Putin's name attached to it during a protest on Putin's 60th birthday in Moscow. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Oakland Athletics Coco Crisp is tagged out at the plate by Detroit Tigers catcher Gerald Laird during the third inning of Game 2 in their MLB ALDS playoff baseball series in Detroit, Sunday. Rebecca Cook/Reuters

Bishops and Cardinals attend a mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI marking the opening of the Synod of bishops in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Sunday. Tony Gentile/Reuters

Pastor Mark Harris of First Baptist Church gives his sermon during the fifth and largest "Pulpit Freedom Sunday" in Charlotte, North Carolina. More than 1,300 pastors across the country climbed to the lectern and endorsed a candidate for public office. John Adkisson/Reuters

The installation 'Sheltered position' of German artist Sabine Reyer shows one hundred Barbie dolls dressed with burkas at the Ruhr-Biennale in Dortmund, Germany. Ina Fassbender/Reuters

Syrian children wait to receive free school bags from European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Anthony Lake during their visit to the Al Zaatri refugee camp, in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, Sunday. Ali Jarekji/Reuters

A slum dweller carries a bucket of water after a fire in a slum at Mohakhali in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Andrew Biraj/Reuters

A man plays with his dog during a walk in honor of World Animal Day in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday. Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters

A woman (c.) waits to sell chillies at "La Terminal", a food market in Guatemala City. "La Terminal" is one of the city's largest trading centers, with more than 4,500 vendors offering a wide variety of food products. Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters

A man casts his vote at a polling booth in Potocari, near Srebrenica, Sunday. Bosnians, voting in local elections, are likely to keep in power nationalist parties reflecting ethnic rivalries, 17 years after war ended. Dado Ruvic/Reuters

A competitor carries two pigs during the "Hunan Hercules Challenge" in Hengyang, Hunan province, China. The challenge required competitors to carry two live pig, each weighing more than 10lbs, and run for about 100 feet in the shortest time possible. China Daily/Reuters

Britain's general elections used to be straightforward: a predominantly two-horse race between Labour or Conservative governments, left vs. right, red against blue. But as electioneering gets under way for May 7 polls, it's clear the vote has implications for British politics that extend well beyond whoever comes out on top.